Category: Editorials

I sometimes get letters from people who read my writing and feel that they’d like to say something to me. These are the best moments, as I can communicate and get to…

As humans, we go about our daily lives (at least, most of us do) looking for a grand purpose. We want our lives to be impactful, to mean something. It’s all just…

It seems like just yesterday I was typing up my first column of the new year, something about ‘cold snaps and new years,’ where I discussed the 18 degree snap freeze that…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. The 21st of December is the Winter Solstice, one of many significant observances that take place in the last few months of the year, and one of…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing. Inc. 2023 is approaching an end. In hindsight, this year was not without difficulties. In fact, it was quite full of constantly complicating situations and challenges. If each person…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. This time of year always fills me with introspection. Maybe it is the cold, quiet weather, the evenings that come too soon. Maybe it is how distant the…

This is the perfect time of year for reflection. The sun sets sooner (or appears to because we moved our clocks around), so the world gets dark and cold much sooner than…

I’d like to offer an update on the progress of dear Ali, the feral cat I have welcomed into my home. She is finally warming back up to me after her traumatic…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. This is the third part to my previous column about dear Ali, my feral cat friend that I kidnapped and brought home with me. When I last left…

Not every day is going to be an amazing day. There are going to be days that sit in your soul like a bag of old socks, crusty and festering, putrid and…

There is nothing that is so swiftly humbling as being without power for a prolonged period of time after a significant storm has been unleashed upon you and your home. There’s just…

As Mayor of the great City of Monticello, I am delighted to serve in this capacity and be a blessing to the fine citizens found here in Monticello. There is no other…

Last weekend, I saw a lot of frustrated people. The cancelation of the Watermelon Festival was a bit of a sucker-punch all around, made worse by the fact that the weather turned…

It was just yesterday that I turned 15 years old. At least, it feels that way sometimes. In reality, I turned 31 this May. They are funny things, birthdays; they feel so…

It never fails. You sit down to work on something important; you’ve got your cup full of hot tea or coffee, your favorite brain-food snack within arms reach, your mind at the…

Aaron Cohen and Minnie Golub, both Russian immigrants, lived in the same five-story tenement house on Mercer Street in New York’s Lower East Side. They knew each other only by sight. Since…

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of access to reliable and affordable broadband Internet service in our daily lives, which makes available an almost limitless amount of information; provides a platform for…

I saw a video the other day, and along with the video came a very important lesson, one I feel is important to share. In the video, a woman was describing something…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. I enjoy gardening. More specifically, I enjoy the hobby of gardening, as I have no interest in a job as a landscaper or in doing someone else’s…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Back in May of 2022, I published a column titled “You’ve got to be kitten me!” In this article, I announced the arrival of my latest foster, Todd,…